Thursday, 13 September 2012

quilled 3d ant / quilling 3d hangya

Here's a very unusual, creepy project :) As I was displaying my 3d quilled animals, someone asked if I could make an ant... out of paper, of course. I thought he was kidding :) But he wasn't :) So I had to figure out how to make it, to look as realistic as possible, because it would be a present for a biologist who knows everything about ants...
The body is quilled paper as you can see, but the legs are made of wire. (I didn't see how would it be possible to make paper legs that hold the weight of the body and an eventual photo... So I said to myself: wire it is! :) ) It was a pretty messy job, because I used more glue than usual to ensure stability, and the glue dried soooo slowly... I wasn't patient enough to wait for it to dry completely... And as I poked the holes into the body to put the wires for the legs through it I ruined the tight coils several times... ahhhhhhhh... But as the mighty Sherlock Holmes would say: "patience, my friend!" :) ... I tried to be patient and finally succeeded in finishing my masterpiece: the giant ant! :)
I guess this doesn't count as a miniature :))) And hope the biologist who receives this present likes it and appreciates my effort :)
p.s. It gives me the creeps every time I look at it!!!

I always liked crafting, of any sort, tried drawing, painting, needlework, embroidery, crocheting since I was a kid, but discovered paper crafting, especially origami and quilling a few years ago (april of 2011). I was encouraged to start a blog about the things I do and I'm grateful for that.
It all started with the need of decorating a place with something interesting, eye catching, and cheap, some things I can make myself. I searched the internet and found so many things that it was difficult to decide what to start with :) So many wonderful blogs of extraordinary people, with so many amazing and innovative ideas... I would like to thank all of them who inspired me to try and create the things I do.
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